The Saints enter Day 2 of the NFL draft with one pick in the third round, No. 75 overall. New Orleans, of course, lost its second-round pick as a penalty connected to the Saints bounty scandal. Payton said during his Thursday night press conference that staying true to the draft board is a key element to the Saints' success in the next two days.

"It's such a long ways away that once again you play close attention to the grade," Payton said. "I think the mistake often times is well you need this so we'll just draft this (player). A lot of these guys that are getting selected (Thursday) may not have success or have the success everyone thinks they're going have tomorrow morning when you get up. You just hope that you're finding guys that you feel like that are competitive, physical and smart."

The Saints still hold a few needs regardless of the way the team moves on in the draft. So the Saints could move in numerous directions with their lone pick Friday.

By taking Vaccaro in the first round, the Saints still could look for added competition at outside linebacker as Rob Ryan is implementing a new 3-4 defensive scheme. As of now, the main candidates to play at outside linebacker are Martez Wilson, Junior Galette and newly acquired Victor Butler.

The position with a blank magnet on the Saints' depth chart could also be a direction the team looks for in Round 3 as left tackle remains a concern for Payton. The Saints have a history of turning mid- or late-round picks at tackle into starters as Jermon Bushrod was a fourth-rounder and Zach Strief was a seventh-rounder.

Right now, Charles Brown would be the leading candidate at left tackle with former No. 2 overall pick Jason Smith and Marcel Jones competing with Brown. Small-school tackles like Arkansas-Pine Bluff's Terron Armstead and San Jose State's David Quessenberry could be options.

The Saints may also look for a space-eating defensive tackle with their third-round pick. Georgia's John Jenkins, Missouri Southern's Brandon Williams and LSU's Bennie Logan could be prospects available for the Saints.

"When (Friday) comes, obviously there's a lot that goes on before that pick," Payton said. "We'll see where it's at, but we've worked on these scenarios for the third-round pick, and we've gone as far as the fourth- and fifth-round scenarios with just taking players off the board based on history of the last 10 years. Six more corners go and if you do that to your own board, you can at least begin to have some possible scenarios that develop."

And the lingering trade possibilities surrounding Saints running back
Chris Ivory remain as the Saints didn't make any trades on Day 1. The
Jets have been the most discussed team on the Ivory market after Ivory
visited New York earlier this month.

Saints General Manager Mickey
Loomis said earlier this week that the Jets and other teams have called
trying to pry Ivory away from the Saints. Picking up a draft pick or moving up in the draft would be the most likely compensation for the Saints.